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Bonita “Bonnie” Millett, 86, West Branch
Obituaries · April 30, 2015



Bonita “Bonnie” Millett, 86, of West Branch died Thursday April 23, 2015, at the Crestview Care and Rehab Center in West Branch.

Funeral services were Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the West Branch United Methodist Church. Visitation was Monday at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial was in the West Branch Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made West Branch First Responders and Iowa City Hospice.

Bonnie was born Dec. 29, 1928, in Johnson County, Iowa, the daughter of John and Blanche Trimble Foraker. She was a graduate of West Branch High School in the class of 1946. On March 21, 1947, Bonnie was united in marriage to Woodrow Millett in Marion, Iowa, in the church parsonage, officiated by Rev. James Gable. She has been employed for many years typing for the West Branch Times and following her retirement worked at ACT in Iowa City.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, West Branch American Legion Auxiliary and T.T.T. She enjoyed playing cards; Bonnie and Woody played in many different card clubs and T.T.T. Bridge marathons. She also enjoyed Iowa women’s basketball games, also watching professional women’s games.

Survivors include her three children: Sharon “Sherry” Nash of West Branch, Nancy (Lauren) Wear of West Liberty and John (Jan) Millett of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren;, brother Jim (Ida) Foraker of Enfield, Conn. Also surviving is a former family foreign exchange student and now college student from South Korea, Misong Jin, who always thought of Bonnie as grandma.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Woody, two brothers, Robert and Lawrence; and a sister, LuVerna.